News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre promotes establishment of Centre of Excellence on Renewable Energy in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 27 March 2014
MARY, 27 March 2014 – An OSCE-organized seminar on renewable energy took place today in Mary, eastern Turkmenistan, to boost professional contacts and exchange best practices with the aim of establishing a national Centre of Excellence on Renewable Energy...
OSCE launches seminar series on preventing domestic violence in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 March 2014
ASTANA, 27 March 2014 – A two-day training seminar for police inspectors and officers on trends and challenges in preventing domestic violence, co-organized by the OSCE Centre with the Interior Ministry of Kazakhstan, began today in Astana...
Communiqué by OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media on blocking television channels
Publishing date: 27 March 2014
Recently politicians, lawmakers and regulators in Ukraine have expressed concern about the influence of Russian television on information security or other national interests. These concerns are often followed by actions that effectively suspend or ban all or some programmes produced in Russia. In a similar development, de facto authorities in Crimea several weeks ago abruptly and brutally switched off almost all Ukrainian television channels and replaced them with channels originating from the Russian Federation.
Ambassador Gnaedinger, OSCE Special Representative for South Caucasus, co-chairs 27th round of Geneva International Discussions
Publishing date: 26 March 2014
GENEVA, 26 March 2014- Ambassador Angelo Gnaedinger, the Special Representative of the Swiss OSCE Chairmanship for the South Caucasus, for the first time in his new role, participated in the Geneva International Discussions on 25-26 March 2014, co-chairing the meeting together with EU and UN...
Greater efforts needed for effective system to tackle corruption in BiH, highlights OSCE course
Publishing date: 26 March 2014
A two-day specialized security policy course for ministerial officials, members of parliaments, judiciary, academia and civil society, on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Strategy for fighting corruption concluded on 26 March 2014 in Konjic...
OSCE organizes workshop on environment and security in Armenia
Publishing date: 26 March 2014
YEREVAN, 26 March 2014 – The linkages between the environment and security and how to address challenges associated with them were the focus of a two-day OSCE workshop kicked off today for representatives of Public Environmental Information Centres (Aarhus Centres) and civil society in Armenia...
Countering terrorist use of Internet focus of OSCE seminar in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 26 March 2014
ASTANA, 26 March 2014 – A two-day OSCE-supported workshop on countering the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes began today in Astana. The workshop is co-organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, the Anti-Terrorism Centre of Kazakhstan and the OSCE Centre in Astana with support from the government of Spain...